On the surface at least, you would think McGill’s Henry Mintzberg – one of Canada’s leading business scholars – would be happy with the prospect of a Harper majority. Harper is about business after all… corporate tax cuts, right? So what’s Mintzberg’…
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Drive-by Times: Dancing Dmitry: Medvedev steps out
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has been making a few moves of his own of late – and not only on the dance floor. The more independent stance by Medvedev suggests he is at odds with Putin on a number of issues. However as is often the case with Krem…
Continue readingDrive-by Times: Confession by app: ‘sin’ goes digital
The Catholic Church’s Sacrament of Penance allows those who have been baptized to confess their “sins” to a duly ordained priest. The cleric then recites prayers of absolution to obtain divine forgiveness for the penitent’s wrong doings.Confession pres…
Continue readingDrive-by Times: Focus magazine’s Venus insult triggers lawsuit
A cover of the German magazine Focus that shows the Venus de Milo holding up a middle finger accompanied by the words ‘Cheater of the Euro family’ continues to provoke outrage in Greece. The cover and accompanying article in Focus triggered a dissing m…
Continue readingDrive-by Times: Serrano’s Piss Christ smashed by Christian extremists
Top: gallery damageBelow: Piss Christ/Andres SerranoOver the weekend Andres Serrano’s controversial work Piss Christ was smashed by Christian extremists using a hammer and what is believed to be either a screwdriver or icepick. The attack occurred duri…
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